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September 30, 2002
Herbert C. Barrows Herbert C. Barrows Jr., a professor emeritus who taught in LS&A and donated more than 200 pieces of art to the U-M Museum of Art (UMMA), died Aug. 29. He was 88. Barrows’ legacy at the University extends beyond his 33 years as a professor of English. He had a wide-ranging knowledge…
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September 23, 2002
Two assaults at Law Quad not related Two unrelated assaults occurred within one week in the courtyard of the Law Quadrangle. On Aug. 17, a female student was assaulted about 8:30 p.m. while she was sitting on a bench. Her backpack and purse were stolen but were recovered later with some contents missing. Joseph Robinson,…
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September 23, 2002
Editor’s Note: The following actions were taken by the Board of Regents at the September meeting: Tenure appointments Stephen L. DesJardins, associate professor of education, School of Education, effective Sept. 1. Mark C. Elliott, associate professor of history, LS&A, effective Sept. 1. James Douglas Engel, professor of cell and developmental biology, and chair, Department of…
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September 16, 2002
Two assaults at Law Quad not related Two unrelated assaults occurred within one week in the courtyard of the Law Quadrangle. On Aug. 17, a female student was assaulted about 8:30 p.m. while she was sitting on a bench. Her backpack and purse were stolen but were recovered later with some contents missing. Joseph Robinson,…
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September 3, 2002
Linda Elaine Fisher Linda Elaine Fisher, associate professor of biology and microbiology and chair of the biology discipline at U-M–Dearborn, died at the emergency room at Garden City Hospital Aug. 13. She was 54. Fisher’s research focused on virology and microbiology with a special interest in emerging infectious diseases, including measles, West Nile Virus and…
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August 12, 2002
Regula Herzog, a U-M psychology professor and researcher who was awarded the U-M Distinguished Research Scientist Award this year, died in her sleep July 28. She was 61. She was a senior research scientist at the Institute for Gerontology and the Survey Research Center of the Institute for Social Research. She also was an adjunct…
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July 22, 2002
By Diane Brown Facilities and Operations Suspect found at gas station An 18-year-old Ann Arbor man matching the description of a suspect in a July 4 assault near the School of Education Building (SEB) was arrested after an off-duty Department of Public Safety (DPS) officer spotted him two hours later in an Ann Arbor gas…
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July 22, 2002
Editor’s Note: The following actions were taken by the regents at their July meeting. By Diane Brown, Facilities and Operations, and Laura Lessnau, News and Information Services New radiology area creation approved The regents approved a Hospitals and Health Centers (HHC) project that will create a new radiology area to provide interventional diagnostic and therapeutic…
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July 1, 2002
Editor’s Note: The following actions were taken by the regents at their June meeting. By Wono Lee, News and Information Services, and Diane Brown, Facilities and Operations Coleman receives two appointments Regents approved faculty appointments for President-Elect Mary Sue Coleman but have yet to finalize her contract with the University. Coleman has been appointed professor…
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July 1, 2002
Elizabeth ‘Libby’ Douvan Elizabeth Douvan, a social psychologist who tracked the mid-century changes in the American psyche through national surveys, died June 15 at her home after a long illness. She was 76. Her pioneering research on the social and psychological condition of Americans before and after the 1960s painted an intriguing portrait of shifts…
